Saturday, April 2, 2011

Dear God,

How can one manage fear? How do we allay our own imagination of demons that want to get us?

Fear is seducing; it attacks our mind in the middle of the night swamping us with unknown noises, doubts, and images of creeping goblins. These alien thoughts do tricks with our whole person robbing us of peaceful sleep.

Even though my daughter had had two sleepless nights already, she wondered if she would sleep last night so I stayed at her home while her husband was away. I remembered what it was like to be afraid in the dark.

What happens to us, Lord? What makes the night long fraught with fear? Why doesn't faith do our battle for us? Why do we think that faith can help us in some ways yet not in others? Why can't we trust you in every situation in life?

Let the obstacles
of fear
teach us
the lessons
of faith,
dear God.
Show us
the way.
Whisper to us
the hope
of heaven,
I pray.

Love, Andrea